friendly fire

… some questions to be asked by Iraqi writer Khalid Kishtainy on openDemocracy ..

Of course US apologists will take solace and pride in the fact that Michael Moore is still alive and free and was able to produce such a damning film in the United States itself and have it distributed throughout the world, but alas, not in Kuwait where it is banned. Saudi Arabia did not need to ban it; there they have no cinemas, which are considered the work of Satan himself. It will be interesting to see whether the American occupiers of Iraq will allow it to be screened. Otherwise the poor Iraqis will miss a really good lesson in democracy and direct criticism of the government. … more